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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.0249

MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS IN TEXAS HEALTH STEPS PROGRAM

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1028 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 1, eff

The executive commissioner, in the rules governing the Texas Health Steps program, shall allow a provider to:

(1) conduct a mental health screening using one or more validated, standardized mental health screening tools during each annual medical exam of a recipient who is at least 12 years of age but younger than 19 years of age; and

(2) be reimbursed for conducting one mental health screening using one or more validated, standardized mental health screening tools during each annual medical exam of a recipient described by Subdivision (1).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.